Appellate Court Opinions

Slip opinions (court's decision in a case) filed and written by the justices of the Supreme Court or judges of the Court of Appeals

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35,415 Appellate Court Opinions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-396 (Judge Mark Davis) , Published
State v. Rankin

Facial validity of indictment; essential elements of crime of littering; N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-399 (a)

, Court of Appeals , COA17-153 (Judge Linda McGee) , Unpublished
State v. Smith

Attempted first-degree rape; Lesser-included offense instruction; Rule 404(b) evidence; extrinsic evidence of prior bad acts

, Court of Appeals , COA17-172 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
State v. Smith

Reasonable Suspicion; Search Warrant; Mail Stream; Motion to Suppress

, Court of Appeals , COA17-496 (Judge Valerie Zachary) , Unpublished
State v. Smith

Preservation and Error, Sufficient Evidence, Controlled Substances, Search and Seizure, Jury Instructions

, Court of Appeals , COA17-770 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Stacks

Misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon; self-defense; jury instruction; de novo review.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-542 (Judge Robert Hunter Jr.) , Unpublished
State v. Stephens-Maddox

Testimony Regarding Witness's Statement to Officer; Fifth Amendment.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-313 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Thomas

N.C. Gen. Stat. Section 90-95(a)(1); Acting in concert; Sufficiency of the evidence; Multiple convictions and punishments based on same transaction

, Court of Appeals , COA17-681 (Judge John Tyson) , Unpublished
State v. Waddell

Plain error review; possession of methamphetamine; constructive possession; non-exclusive possession - other incriminating circumstances.

, Court of Appeals , COA17-712 (Judge Ann Calabria) , Unpublished
State v. Young

Admission of evidence; Prior bad acts; Right to remain silent

, Court of Appeals , COA17-222 (Judge Wanda Bryant) , Unpublished
Turnage v. Cunningham

Implied Easement; Summary Judgment; Res Judicata; Collateral Estoppel; Judicial Estoppel

, Supreme Court , 110A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
Harris v. N.C. Dep't of Pub. Safety

Whether the Department of Public Safety had just cause to terminate a corrections officer from employment for allegedly unacceptable conduct; application of Chapters 126 and 150B to the employee's appeal from an administrative law judge's final decision reversing the termination and imposing a lesser sanction.

, Supreme Court , 420A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
In re G.T.

Whether N.C.G.S. 7B-901(c) allows a trial court to make an initial finding of aggravated circumstances in the same disposition order that directs cessation of reunification efforts, or whether such a finding must be made in a separate, previous order.

, Supreme Court , 443PA16 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Godbey

Appeal from conviction for indecent liberties with a child; whether testimony by defendant's wife should have been excluded under the marital communications privilege and Rule of Evidence 404(b); application of N.C.G.S. 8-57, 8-57.1, and 7B-310.

, Supreme Court , 466A16 (Per Curiam) , Published
State v. Wilson

Motion to suppress evidence; whether the trial court properly determined that defendant was not seized and that his Fourth Amendment rights thus were not implicated.

, Supreme Court , 150A17 (Per Curiam) , Published
Wheeler v. Cent. Carolina Scholastic Sports, Inc.

Negligence suit by spectator hit by a baseball while at defendant's ball field; whether defendant met its duty of care to plaintiff under 'The Baseball Rule'; whether trial court erred in granting summary judgment for defendant in lieu of letting the matter go before a jury.